Garment-hanger.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1905.

.J. M. AOHESON. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 2-7, '1907.

V IIVVENTOR James-21.4 cheson.

WITNESSES:

ATTOHNEKS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. AQHESON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Application filed March 27, 1907.

' proved construction of garment hanger more particularly designed foruse on circular hanger racks, and it further seeks to provide a hangerof the character stated of a simple and economical nature in which theparts are especially designed for sustaining the garments so that athird or more space is saved in the width or spread of the garment whensustained from the rack and in consequence provide for a more uniformfolding of the garment and better display thereof.

With the above objects in view, my present invention consists in ahanger embodying the peculiar construction hereinafter described indetail, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustratedin the acco1npanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a perspective viewof my gar ment hanger. Fig. 2, isa similar view which illustrates aportion of a circular rack with a number of my improved hangerssustained thereby. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section thereof taken on theline 33 on Fig. 1. Fig. 4:, is a view of a modification hereinafterreferred to.

My present form of hanger generically describes the form of hanger shownin my co pending application filed on even date with this application,Serial Number 364,576 and in its practical construction is preferablyformed of a single strand of stout wire which is bent up to roduce thecomplete hanger body.

In s aping up my present form of hanger, the wire strand is bent uponitself midway, as at 1, and the two ends twisted for a ortion of theirlength to form a rigid shan 2, the end of which is bent over to form ahook 3 for sustaining the hanger on the rack hooks or other support. Oneend, 4, of the wire is extended laterally from the shank, is bent uponitself at 4* and the free end is extended back and is secured totheshank by looping about as at 5.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 364,926.

The members 4 c form one of the gar ment engaging arms a and. the saidmembers l l from the outer or bent end a are slightly diverging wherebyto provide a gradually increasing width of the arm as, for reasonspresently explained. The other free end of the wire is also extendedlaterally from the shank and in alinement-with the arm as, is bent toform the hanger arm y and has its end looped and made fast to the shank,as at b. The arm 11 is of gradually increasing widthfrom the shank tothe outer extremity, the increase in width of the two arms 00 and ybeing substantially continuous from the outer end of the arm at to theouter end of arm y, as best shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings.

By reason of the peculiar shape of the hanger arms no and 'y, as stated,considerable space is saved when using a number of my hangers on acircular rack, as illustrated on Fig. 2, for the reason that thegarments can be the more closely assembled at the inner circumference ofthe hangers, and at the same time be sufficiently spread at the outercircumference of the arms to properly display the garment and fold thedifferent hung garments symmetrically and completely around the circularrack.

While I have shown and described my garment hanger as being preferablyconstructed v of a single wire strand, it is manifest that under itsgeneric nature my invention may be made up differently, for instance,the arms may be of a solid body, metal or wood,

formed to the desired shape and sustained by a hanger hook asillustrated in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a hanger body having an increasing widthfrom one end to the other and a suspension member for said body.

2. A garment hanger formed of a wire bent to form a hanger body ofgradually increasing width from one end to the other, having a portionextended centrally from the body and bent to form a suspension shank andhook.

3. As a new article, agarment hanger c0nbeginning from the outer end ofone arm and slstlng of a Wire strand 100' ed upon ltsel'l', enchng' atthe outer end of the other arm, for twlsted and. bent lnto a shan andhook porthe purpose speelned.

tion, the free ends of the wire being eXte-nd- JAMES M. ACIIESON. 5 ed111 opposlte cllrectlons from the shank and W1tnesses:

bent lnte hanger arms, sa1 l arms belng 1n W. J. MAKELIM, ahnement andof gradually lnereasnlg wldth, GEO. J. CAMERON.

